Out of this long and tangled relationship has stemmed the greatest collab in Youtube history, “Frenemies”. Sitting apart on their split black and pink set, every week Trisha and Ethan delve into their pasts, engage in trivia, athletic competitions, mukbangs, and drama dumps. There isn’t a lot of game changing content on the show, but the interplay between the two, and their uncontested chemistry, make it a much watch every week.
For context, this was one of the greatest directors' most acclaimed and pivotal work, his second most beloved after “Annie Hall.” I had no broader context, no necessary dialogue explaining that this was a work of its time, or that it was not okay. It was presented as a heady, lovelorn version of a city beloved by its narrator. From a very early stage I was conditioned to believe this was normal.
Even the film lovers that invest time into watching Marvel movies have to wake up to the fact that their films of choice are stifling the competition. You should not have to be an obsessive compulsive nerd completionist to find films you actually want to see. That’s what Scorsese is trying to say, it’s what we all agree should be the reality, and hopefully there will be a shift in the future to denote that wish.
In 2019 I am at a strange point in my life, where I no longer hold Oscar bait in high regard, where most of the new releases I see are on Netflix, and most of the movie tickets I buy are for films that were released forty to fifty years prior.
Create a checklist of items that you need before getting lunch to ensure that you’re well prepared. My lunch runs always precipitate the need for my keys on a lanyard around my neck, my car keys, wallet, phone, the lunch order, a sharpie marker, sunglasses, and gum.
As a consequence of their honesty they often delve into topics not often covered in the true crime genre, including mental health, interpersonal relationships, addiction, and feminism. Though there are many laughs to be had, they are not at the expense of the victims, who are often referred to as “sweet baby angels.”
I recently realized that I didn’t have a companion list to my article 5 Weird Women of Old Hollywood, and I honestly felt a little ashamed. If any gender was capable of weirdness back then, it was the men. Their weird behavior ranged from obsessive cleanliness (Clark Gable) to a need for manipulative control (Alec Guinness) and everything in between.
Horror lovers can’t get enough of Jason Voorhees: He’s big, he’s mysterious, and his hulking frame moves soundlessly through all ten of the original films, the crossover, and the 2009 remake.
One of the more grisly, imaginative, and consistent franchises was the Nightmare on Elm Street films, which were released between 1984 and 1994. Originally helmed by Wes Craven the series saw child molester and murderer Freddy Krueger entering the dreams of teenagers and killing them to perpetuate vengeance against their parents for burning him alive.
The best television comedies of all time have basically been decided by the gods of Variety, Slate, The AV Club, and Ranker, so I won’t try to undermine their wisdom on the subject. What I do want to turn your attention to, is the fact that sometimes the weird little quirky comedies of yore have not, and do not, get the respect they deserve.
Mental illness has become a hot topic of recent conversation in part because of ongoing debates over universal health care and gun control. A major call to action from the left has been to treat mental illness, and to point out that many people with mental illnesses are not violent. Someone should really tell that to Hollywood
Murder, She Wrote was an hour long weekly crime show that ran for 12 seasons on CBS; from 1984-1996. Angela Lansbury starred as Jessica Fletcher, a former English teacher who is widowed, and then becomes a bestselling mystery writer.
Whodunits are stories about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end. Modern day mystery fiction is marred by intense character development for the main sleuth at the expense of the mystery, but Christie only cared about the who, what, where, and how.
Short film is completely ignored as an art form in today’s mediascape. The closet thing we have to a short film industry is YouTube, whose videos either come from vloggers, film critics, or popular clips from talk shows.
Among the legions of golden haired beauties with scarlet lips lay weird women in hiding, beautiful and seductive yet secretly very interesting and intelligent.
Disclaimer: I have not watched all of Daredevil or Iron Fist, mostly because they look really boring. I know that they are the members of The Defenders with the most interesting powers, but they look like two flavorless white boys, and I’m just not interested.
New properties are also very expensive, and are more likely to fail than something with a built-in fan base. This also means that without that fan base, a show that was once cancelled will not be revived. (No one is clamoring for a Diagnosis Murder or Grace Under Fire reunion.)
After the election results came in optimists pointed to one fact that they thought would soothe liberal psyches: “At least comedy shows are going to be so hilarious. They must be glad for all this new material.” No they’re not. Shut up. You are the worst.
Everybody wants to be better read, have seen the right films, and binged the right kind of television shows. We as humans have to consume art, as a function of being human beings. In that spirit, we want to consume the best art possible
